Crunchy Creatives ships Physics Now! for After Effects

Streamlined 2D physics system creates common motion graphics effects using familiar workflows.

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

After Effects gets its own physics engine

Now shipping: Motion Boutique releases its Newton rigid-body engine for Adobe's compositing app.

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Maxon releases Trapcode Suite 17.1 for After Effects

See the new features in the latest update to Maxon's suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 16.0 for After Effects

Big update to the VFX and motion graphics plugins adds new physics and flocking controls in Particular 5.

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Superluminal ships Stardust 1.6 for After Effects

Versatile 3D particle system now supports volumetric rendering for effects like smoke, fire and dust.

Thursday, July 16th, 2020

Crunchy Creatives ships Physics Now! 2.0

Free update to the After Effects physics plugin lets users link simulation objects into assemblies.

Friday, December 6th, 2019

Side Effects announces Houdini 13 - kind of

New: final teaser shows better Bullet physics, Alembic-based lighting workflow. See all three videos here.

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

Motion Boutique releases Newton 2.0 for After Effects

Now shipping: After Effects physics engine gets cool new simulation tools, including basic soft bodies.

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Sneak peek: CAT tools and Bokeh effects in 3ds Max

See character animation controllers in use on non-character objects, and funky viewport depth of field effects.

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MassFX physics system

New video shows real-time simulation of rigid bodies and mCloth - but is it GPU-accelerated?

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.2

Next-gen motion graphics app gets new real-time 2D physics toolset. Free edition now exports at full HD, and no longer watermarks output.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021

Cebas releases thinkingParticles 7.4 for 3ds Max

Check out the latest features in the particle and physics plugin, including the new Explosion Tool and 160+ new scripting functions.

Friday, May 16th, 2025

Nekki releases Cascadeur 2025.1 with AI-based Inbetweening

Innovative animation app gets new AI system for generating realistic motion connecting two poses. Check out the other new features.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025